Context: In a show of strength to demand Scheduled Tribe (ST) status, members of the Kuruba community carried out a massive rally in the city

About the community:

• Kuruba, (also known as Kuruba Gowda, Kuruma and Kurumbar) is a Hindu caste native to the Indian states of Karnataka,Tamil Nadu,Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
• They are the third-largest caste group in Karnataka.
• Traditionally, they were shepherds, militiamen from the hills, armed vassals, or postmen.
• They practiced sheep/goat and cattle pastoralism, in that they either herded exclusively sheep, or a mixed herd of sheep and goats, or cattle.

https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/show-of-strength-by-kuruba-community/article33777902.ece

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